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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with a $750 Android for a week - and didn't regret it

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-10-25 20:30:14

ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10S Pro will be available now, starting at $699. The 10S Pro harnesses impressive power, making it an absolute delight for gamers and power users. Average users might find they have to do a bit of tweaking to get the 10S Pro to their liking. View now at Redmagic View now at Amazon more buying choices I've been using Pixel phones for a long, long time, and every so often I think, "Is it time to try something different?" But each time I stray, I inevitably com

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Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'

news.ycombinator.com Eric Holthaus 2025-10-25 15:39:08

A critical US atmospheric data collection program will be halted by Monday, giving weather forecasters just days to prepare, according to a public notice sent this week. Scientists that the Guardian spoke with say the change could set hurricane forecasting back “decades”, just as this year’s season ramps up. In a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) message sent on Wednesday to its scientists, the agency said that “due to recent service changes” the Defense Meteorological Sate

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I made my VM think it has a CPU fan

news.ycombinator.com Petr Beneš 2025-10-25 16:55:18

Why bother? Some malware samples are known to do various checks to determine if they are running in a virtual machine. One of the common checks is to look for the presence of certain hardware components that are typically not emulated in virtualized environments. One such component is the CPU fan. One of the observed ways malware checks for the presence of a CPU fan is by looking for the Win32_Fan class in WMI: wmic path Win32_Fan get * And the reason they do this is they want to avoid runnin

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How the Senate's ban on state AI regulation imperils internet access

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-10-25 21:15:56

ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty The Trump administration's tax bill -- also called its "big, beautiful bill" -- which rounds up key pieces of the president's agenda, also includes a rule that would prevent states from enforcing their own AI legislation for 10 years, if passed. After an initial budget hiccup, Republican senators successfully amended the rule to comply with budgetary requirements by adding that states trying to enforce AI regulations would not receive federal broadband funding. Here's why

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The next big HDMI leap has arrived - here's how these 16K cables will shake things up

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-10-26 18:15:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET The arrival of HDMI 2.2 technology ushers in a new era of A/V potential, which is great news for enthusiasts and future-proofing fanatics. It might be a little while before every device on the market sports the new tech, but you can expect to see the first "Ultra96" HDMI cables hitting shelves later this year. Increased bandwidth and resolution This is a significant leap forward from the current HDMI 2.1. Even ultra-high-speed 2.1 cables cap out at 48 Gbps. While

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NASA Is in Full Meltdown

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-26 19:08:58

Career NASA officials were seen looking mighty freaked out during a recent town hall event about the agency's dicey future. As Ars Technica's Stephen Clark reports based on a livestream of the town hall — which was not advertised and has since been taken down — acting NASA administrator and career agency official Janet Petro looked like a hostage as she answered questions from staff about the agency's dire standing under president Donald Trump. The hostage-taker in this scenario appears to be

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The next big HDMI leap is here - how new 'Ultra96' cables will shake things up

zdnet.com Chris Bayer 2025-10-26 21:58:00

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET The arrival of HDMI 2.2 technology ushers in a new era of A/V potential, which is great news for enthusiasts and future-proofing fanatics. It might be a little while before every device on the market sports the new tech, but you can expect to see the first "Ultra96" HDMI cables hitting shelves later this year. Increased bandwidth and resolution This is a significant leap forward from the current HDMI 2.1. Even ultra-high-speed 2.1 cables cap out at 48 Gbps. While

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DOGE’d Federal Employees Are Getting Hit With Bills for Phantom Health Coverage

gizmodo.com Ellyn Lapointe 2025-10-29 06:35:49

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has spent the last six months in turmoil, with the Trump administration drastically reducing the agency’s nationwide workforce. To make matters worse, the federal government is now demanding money from some former employees. Three ex-NOAA staffers who were fired, rehired, then fired again this spring received notices from the federal government stating they owed a debt for healthcare coverage. The letters, shared exclusively with NBC Ne

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HDMI 2.2 specs are out with ‘Ultra96’, here’s what that means for your setup

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-30 18:07:19

The HDMI Forum has officially released version 2.2 of the HDMI specification, bringing support for video resolutions up to 16K at 60Hz and boosting maximum bandwidth to 96Gbps. Alongside the spec, there’s a new cable designation called Ultra96. Here are the details. The nerdy part The HDMI 2.2 spec now supports up to a whopping 16K at 60Hz, and 12K at 120Hz. For uncompressed formats with full 4:4:4 chroma and 10-bit and 12-bit color, it can handle 4K at 240Hz, and 8K at 60Hz. That is thanks t

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HDMI 2.2 standard finalized: doubles bandwidth to 96 Gbps, 16K resolution support

techspot.com Rob Thubron 2025-10-31 22:31:00

What just happened? Following the standard's debut at CES 2025, HDMI 2.2 has now been finalized by the HDMI Forum. The full spec confirms much of what we heard six months ago, including doubling the maximum bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 to 96 Gbps – more than DisplayPort. While using HDMI 2.2 does not require a new connector, taking advantage of all its best features requires a new Ultra96 cable – a reference to its maximum bandwidth. 96Gbps is double the 48Gbps max bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 and is more th

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HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60Hz

news.ycombinator.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-11-01 02:39:41

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI Forum is finally releasing the new HDMI 2.2 specification to manufacturers today. Although there is no definitive timeline for how long it will take hardware makers to adopt the new specification, the first Ultra96 HDMI Cables, with bandwidth capabilities boosted to up to 96Gbps, could be available

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HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60Hz

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-11-01 06:18:30

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. After first announcing it at CES 2025, the HDMI Forum is finally releasing the new HDMI 2.2 specification to manufacturers today. Although there is no definitive timeline for how long it will take hardware makers to adopt the new specification, the first Ultra96 HDMI Cables, with bandwidth capabilities boosted to up to 96Gbps, could be available

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The Debrief: Power and energy

technologyreview.com Mat Honan 2025-11-01 13:00:00

Yet in many ways right now the US seems to be forgetting those lessons. It is moving backward in terms of its clean-energy strategy, especially when it comes to powering the grid, in ways that will affect the nation for decades to come—even as China and others are surging forward. And that retreat is taking place just as electricity demand and usage are growing again after being flat for nearly two decades. That growth, according to the US Energy Information Administration, is “coming from the

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This New Watch Is Being Purpose-Built for Space Exploration—and It's Not an Omega

wired.com Chris Hall 2025-11-01 15:00:00

When you think of space exploration and watches, one name immediately comes to mind: Omega. Since its Speedmaster chronograph was selected by NASA half a century ago it has become synonymous with space travel. The timing of a 13-second engine burn to save Apollo 13 cemented its role in space history, and Omega has not missed a single opportunity to deepen the partnership, from officially naming it the Moonwatch to creating endless commemorative limited editions (even if it is by no means the onl

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Outright Games teams with animation studio Aardman to make Chicken Run: Eggstraction

venturebeat.com Dean Takahashi 2025-11-03 16:00:00

Outright Games, a publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, is working with animation studio Aardman on the game Chicken Run: Eggstraction. Based on Aardman’s iconic Chicken Run franchise, this top-down, heist game picks up where Aardman’s 2023 film Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget left off, as the gang works together to save chicken-kind. Chicken Run: Eggstraction will launch this autumn, on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC through S

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HDMI 2.2's full specs have been finalized, with better support for modern displays

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-03 16:00:20

The new cables have to be labeled 'Ultra96' to indicate they support up to 96Gbps in bandwidth. The HDMI forum, which develops and manages HDMI specification, has officially launched the final and full specifications for HDMI version 2.2. First revealed at CES 2025, version 2.2 was designed to make it significantly easier to send videos with higher refresh rates and resolutions to modern TVs, such as those with 4K and 8K displays. Version 2.2 cables are required to be branded with the Ultra96 f

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Goldman Sachs and Citadel back crypto firm Digital Asset in $135 million funding round

cnbc.com Ryan Browne 2025-11-04 05:59:54

Crypto company Digital Asset said Tuesday that it's netted $135 million in funding from a raft of major names in banking and finance. The firm, which touts itself as a regulated crypto player, said it raised the fresh cash in a funding round co-led by DRW and Tradeweb, with Goldman Sachs , BNP Paribas and Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities also investing. The investment highlights how large financial institutions are embedding themselves in the once murky world of cryptocurrencies. Previously a

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Goldman Sachs Makes a Huge AI Bet

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2025-11-04 21:45:56

Goldman Sachs has just launched its generative AI assistant across the entire firm, making it available to all employees in what the bank calls a major milestone in its technology strategy. The move follows more than a year of internal development and testing that involved over 10,000 employees piloting the tool. The GS AI Assistant is a conversational AI interface that allows employees to safely interact with large language models like GPT and Gemini, firewalled within Goldman’s own secure com

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Japanese shipping firm NYK acquires Kadmos, a salary payment platform for seafarers

techcrunch.com Kate Park 2025-11-06 11:08:47

Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, or NYK Line, is acquiring Germany’s salary payment platform for seafaring workers, Kadmos, as it seeks to further expand the reach of its fintech services in the maritime sector. The companies did not disclose the financial terms of the acquisition deal, which is expected to be completed in the next few weeks. MIT alumni Justus Schmueser and Sasha Makarovych founded Kadmos in 2021, aiming to provide businesses, including shipowners and s

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this $700 Android - and didn't miss it

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-06 17:30:14

ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10 Air Android phone is available now on Amazon for $729. The 10 Air phone is as elegant as it is powerful and can handle some of the more challenging games. This camera system isn't necessarily flagship level, and you'll want to pay attention to network band support. $719 at Amazon I've held lots of Android phones in my hand, some of which felt awkward because of their size or shape, while some fit just right. That Goldilocks effect is real, and one thing I

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with a $750 Android for a week. Now I'm questioning my loyalty

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-06 14:30:13

ZDNET's key takeaways The Redmagic 10S Pro will be available now, starting at $699. The 10S Pro harnesses impressive power, making it an absolute delight for gamers and power users. Average users might find they have to do a bit of tweaking to get the 10S Pro to their liking. View now at Redmagic View now at Amazon more buying choices I've been using Pixel phones for a long, long time, and every so often I think, "Is it time to try something different?" But each time I stray, I inevitably com

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AMD's next-gen UDNA graphics cards will support up to 80 Gbps HDMI 2.2 connectivity

techspot.com Kishalaya Kundu 2025-11-07 21:20:00

Something to look forward to: AMD has reportedly been working on its next-generation GPU architecture for at least two years. The new architecture will be called UDNA, replacing the RDNA name, and is expected to deliver significantly faster performance than RDNA 4. A tipster has now shared details about the rumored HDMI configuration of the first-generation UDNA GPUs. According to Kepler_L2, UDNA GPUs – codenamed GFX13 – will support 64 Gbps and 80 Gbps bandwidths over HDMI 2.2 connections. If

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After trying to buy Ilya Sutskever’s $32B AI startup, Meta looks to hire its CEO

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2025-11-08 11:32:28

In Brief Mark Zuckerberg’s AI talent hiring spree continues. In recent months, Meta tried to acquire Safe Superintelligence, the $32 billion AI startup co-founded by OpenAI’s former chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, according to a report from CNBC on Thursday. Sutskever ultimately turned Meta down, according to CNBC, but the company is now in talks to hire Safe Superintelligence’s co-founder and CEO, Daniel Gross. Earlier this week, The Information reported that Meta was in talks to hire Gross,

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Trump EPA May Undo Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-11-09 16:50:07

In 2024, the Biden administration issued a ban on the last type of asbestos still used in the United States due to its links to cancer. The Trump administration isn’t so sure that we need to protect people from such things. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency will delay the ban on the material and reconsider the rule entirely. Because, hey, when has a little cancer ever hurt anyone? The material at the core of this back-and-forth policymak

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EU: Apple and Meta won’t face immediate sanctions after June 26 DMA deadline

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-11-11 02:02:58

With the first big enforcement deadline under the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) just days away, the European Commission is signaling a more measured approach toward two of the law’s highest-profile targets: Apple and Meta. Here’s what today’s news means in context. 60-day grace period to end on June 26 In April, both companies were fined (€500 million for Apple, €200 million for Meta) for failing to meet their DMA obligations and given 60 days to start complying. That window officially cl

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UK Watchdogs Fine 23andMe $3.1M for Data Security Violations

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-15 15:25:00

UK regulators on Tuesday fined 23andMe 2.31 million pounds ($3.1 million) for data privacy violations stemming from the company's massive data breach in 2023. The Information Commissioner's Office says the genetic testing company, which has since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, failed to put in place "appropriate" security measures to protect the personal information of its UK users, compromising that data in the breach. The UK fine comes after a joint investigation by the

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UK Watchdogs Fines 23andMe $3.1 million For Data Security Violations

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-11-15 21:25:17

UK regulators on Tuesday fined 23andMe 2.31 million pounds ($3.1 million) for data privacy violations stemming from the company's massive data breach in 2023. The Information Commissioner's Office says the genetic testing company, which has since filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, failed to put in place "appropriate" security measures to protect the personal information of its UK users, compromising that data in the breach. The UK fine comes after a joint investigation by the

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Prepare to bid farewell to The Sandman with S2 trailer

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-11-16 02:42:06

The second and final season of The Sandman comes to Netflix next month. Netflix's The Sandman, an exquisite and largely faithful adaptation of Neil Gaiman's beloved graphic novel series, proved to be a hit for the streaming giant, racking up nearly 400 million viewing hours between its release on August 5 and September 18, 2022. Yet there was initially some question about whether even those numbers were strong enough to justify a second season of the critically acclaimed series, which cost a bu

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6 Tools for Tracking the Trump Administration’s Attacks on Civil Liberties

wired.com Lily Hay Newman 2025-11-15 04:00:00

In just a few months, Donald Trump’s second presidential term has drastically reshaped the United States federal government and moved to consolidate the power of the executive branch. At the behest of the president, numerous federal agencies have undertaken aggressive, invasive initiatives to crack down on immigration, police speech, investigate political opponents, curtail US public health efforts and emergency preparedness, and more. With so much happening at once, numerous organizations and

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All hell is about to break loose in new trailer for The Sandman season 2

theverge.com Charles Pulliam-Moore 2025-11-16 16:41:25

is a reporter focusing on film, TV, and pop culture. Before The Verge, he wrote about comic books, labor, race, and more at io9 and Gizmodo for almost five years. Were it not for Neil Gaiman getting caught up in a sexual misconduct scandal, Netflix’s live-action adaptation of The Sandman comics could have run for much longer given how much source material there is to be pulled from. But you can see in the new trailer for the show’s second and final season that the streamer is going to try to fi

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with a $750 Android for a week - and didn't regret it

Loss of key US satellite data could send hurricane forecasting back 'decades'

I made my VM think it has a CPU fan

How the Senate's ban on state AI regulation imperils internet access

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HDMI 2.2 specs are out with ‘Ultra96’, here’s what that means for your setup

HDMI 2.2 standard finalized: doubles bandwidth to 96 Gbps, 16K resolution support

HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60Hz

HDMI 2.2 will support 16K video at 60Hz

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HDMI 2.2's full specs have been finalized, with better support for modern displays

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I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with this $700 Android - and didn't miss it

I replaced my Pixel 9 Pro with a $750 Android for a week. Now I'm questioning my loyalty

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Prepare to bid farewell to The Sandman with S2 trailer

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